Entrepreneurial urbanism and business improvement districts in the state of Wisconsin: A cosmopolitan critique

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1177-1196

  Ward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Cosmopolitanism; Entrepreneurial urbanism; Urban geography; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PHILOSOPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 78649344818     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.520211     Document Type: Article

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